Joshua Bell - Voice of the Violin
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Free Music Review: Conjuring up an uncanny feeling.
Hit: 3 Stars
This album sounds beautiful. The violin playing is superb, the effect highly lyrical and pleasing. BUT as it progresses track after track, having listened almost to the last, I have an uncanny feeling that the violin here is simply competing with the human voice for want of repertoire.
On the one hand we have super singers like Cecilia Bartoli singing almost all the difficult arias with her coloraturas that should better have been reserved for strings - violas, violins, but were composed to test the limits of the human voice. Here, the exact opposite happens. What technical challenge is there for the violin in these basically soprano arias and songs?
Fine that music is NOT just about pyrotechnique. Any music lover and student knows that the violin is the instrument that resembles most closely the soprano human voice. It is more expressive in that its owns a much wider range than the normal human voice. Otherwise it lacks the human warmth and any slight imperfections of intonation. Musical repertoires have evolved along this line. Fine again that musical instruments may 'cross-over', but the feeling conjured in this CD's otherwise beautiful music leaves one feeling emotionally incomplete and deprived, until the human voice of Anna Netrebko appears at the last track.
Honestly don't think that this is a successful cross-over attempt.
Free Music Review: Serenity in Music
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a beautiful cd. The playing is exquisite, there is a lovely variety of music and it just flows. If you're feeling stressful, this is the music to listen to, if you're feeling thoughtful, this music will make the process even more meaningful. If you need a spirtual tonic, this music can help fill you. It is now one of my favorites and I play it often!Free Music Review: Beautiful!
Hit: 5 Stars
I think the reason I love this cd is because the music was not primarily written for the violin. Joshua Bell makes the violin "sing" the pieces. I especially liked Tchaikovsky's "None but the Lonely Heart." I've loved it since we sang it many years ago in our High School chorus and it is not on any of my classical cds.
Good choice.
Free Music Review: Voice of the Violin
Hit: 1 Stars
I was disappointed in Bell's popular music style. I love him playing Mozart with his verve and energy - as Mozart would have wanted his music played. This seemed slow and draggy.Free Music Review: Disappointed
Hit: 2 Stars
I had heard one of the tracks on the radio, so I bought the CD. It was too high-ended, a little screechy.